by Justin Marple | Mar 14, 2009 | Exodus Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
The Hebrew people are the seed of the woman. Pharaoh is the seed of the serpent. This is fitting since you often see the Pharaohs depicted with a serpent’s headdress. The new Pharaoh did not have a good relationship with Joseph or his kinsmen (he did not...
by Justin Marple | Mar 2, 2009 | Exodus Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
Genesis began with a prologue and then consisted of ten books. The larger structure was one of prologue, narrative, poetry, epilogue. Exodus is not nearly as elaborate in structure. The organizational strategy is best understood thematically: salvation, law, and...
by Justin Marple | Feb 5, 2009 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
Genesis has much more to say about sex and marriage than the creation of woman out of man and the scene at Sodom. Sex and marriage is a theme that can be found throughout the book and the righteous make a lot of mistakes. The book teaches that sex and marriage are to...
by Justin Marple | Feb 3, 2009 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
The title: “These are the generations of Jacob” (Gen 37:2) meaning it will be about Jacob’s descendants who have come in the fullness (ten) of time because this is Book Ten. In the book, Jacob recedes more into the background so that his twelve sons...
by Justin Marple | Jan 29, 2009 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
Book Nine is about the descendants of Esau. The really strange thing is that it has two heading statements: “These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom)” (Gen 36:1) and “These are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill...
by Justin Marple | Jan 28, 2009 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
This book follows the same pattern as the first part of Book Six: prologue, poetry, narrative, poetry, and epilogue. The title is “These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son” (Gen 25:19). This should mean that the book will be about...
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